This is two non sequitur points in two small grafs.
Lack of boilerplate is one of the things that attracts people to Rails and it is one of the things that keep people there. Scaffolding isn't what provides that benefit. Scaffolding is. boilerplate. What eliminates boilerplate is the "Convention Over Configuration" mentality behind Rails, which is in full force today.
Rails in 2011 is if anything less bloated than Rails was in 2007; post-Merb, it's been made modular and had much of its magic goop factored out.
I'm getting the feeling that you don't do much Rails dev.
Lack of boilerplate is one of the things that attracts people to Rails and it is one of the things that keep people there. Scaffolding isn't what provides that benefit. Scaffolding is. boilerplate. What eliminates boilerplate is the "Convention Over Configuration" mentality behind Rails, which is in full force today.
Rails in 2011 is if anything less bloated than Rails was in 2007; post-Merb, it's been made modular and had much of its magic goop factored out.
I'm getting the feeling that you don't do much Rails dev.